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Air carrier captain reported aborting a takeoff roll when the tiller was accidentally bumped; causing the steering to disengage.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1743466 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202005 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Nosewheel Steering |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
We were cleared to line up and wait on runway xxl at taxiway xx in ZZZ. Shortly after we were cleared for takeoff. I was the pilot flying and I advanced the thrust levers. When taking the controls from the first officer I accidentally bumped the tiller on the way to the yoke. As we were accelerating we got a steering inop master caution. We aborted the takeoff roll. We stopped and I knew that it was my error that caused the EICAS message; so I decided to reengage the steering to turn off the runway. We turned off and asked ATC to put us to the side so we could run some checklists. After running the checklists I informed the first officer that I had bumped the tiller and caused the EICAS message. We decided to continue and had enough fuel to depart.I recently upgraded to this aircraft type and this was my first aborted takeoff as a captain. I haven't been flying much unfortunately; so I felt a little rusty going in. The first error was bumping the tiller on the takeoff roll. This caused the steer inop and caused the aborted takeoff. The next error was not calling maintenance to verify everything is working as intended. The message trigger was when we were accelerating with the steering inop.I need to take my time and not rush. I felt as though I rushed myself getting off of the runway.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier Captain reported aborting a takeoff roll when the tiller was accidentally bumped; causing the steering to disengage.
Narrative: We were cleared to line up and wait on Runway XXL at Taxiway XX in ZZZ. Shortly after we were cleared for takeoff. I was the Pilot Flying and I advanced the thrust levers. When taking the controls from the First Officer I accidentally bumped the tiller on the way to the yoke. As we were accelerating we got a Steering Inop Master Caution. We aborted the takeoff roll. We stopped and I knew that it was my error that caused the EICAS message; so I decided to reengage the steering to turn off the runway. We turned off and asked ATC to put us to the side so we could run some checklists. After running the checklists I informed the First Officer that I had bumped the tiller and caused the EICAS message. We decided to continue and had enough fuel to depart.I recently upgraded to this aircraft type and this was my first aborted takeoff as a Captain. I haven't been flying much unfortunately; so I felt a little rusty going in. The first error was bumping the tiller on the takeoff roll. This caused the steer inop and caused the aborted takeoff. The next error was not calling maintenance to verify everything is working as intended. The message trigger was when we were accelerating with the Steering Inop.I need to take my time and not rush. I felt as though I rushed myself getting off of the runway.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.